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erin is joining us from washington. erin, it's been almost two months now and there's a lot of people who are still struggling. first of all, just give us a sense of how you and bear and your family are doing right now. >> we are doing as well as can be expected. our entire community is struggling and we will struggle for quite some time. all things considered, we're back to a new normal routine and i'm just trying to move forward. >> erin, can you tell us what it is like to be in that room? we saw that gentleman there very emotional about losing his own child. i can imagine that there's a lot of things you're thinking about and feeling when you're in that room and you hear that day being replayed over and over. >> it's particularly emotional. i don't think there were hardly any of us there with dry eyes and yet we've heard these stories before. so i think the impact on the legislators and those of you at home watching will be pretty strong, too. you can't hear these stories and not be touched. this was just a tragedy.
erin is joining us from washington. erin, it's been almost two months now and there's a lot of people who are still struggling. first of all, just give us a sense of how you and bear and your family are doing right now. >> we are doing as well as can be expected. our entire community is struggling and we will struggle for quite some time. all things considered, we're back to a new normal routine and i'm just trying to move forward. >> erin, can you tell us what it is like to be in...
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the world, erin. she's from poland. >> and when you talk about the celebration of what's happening and of his life, remember when he came to the united states. >> sure. >> and people tend to think how religious is the united states. statistics show that it is, but people just were overwhelmingly excited and turning out to see the pope and having that opportunity. but it is a once-in-a-lifetime thing so for many. >> when he visited the capitol i was down there and people were coming in. i was maybe 30 feet away. because i was 30 feet away, people were coming up an grabbing on to my arm saying you were so close, you were so close. >> they wanted to touch you? >> and i couldn't follow the shot. i missed my shot because these people were literally holding me where it was. a great day for them but terrible for me. >> what chris says makes me think of something. when you look at the growth of catholics in the united states, there's been a surge. 70% growth since 1965. i know a lot of that is immigration, es
the world, erin. she's from poland. >> and when you talk about the celebration of what's happening and of his life, remember when he came to the united states. >> sure. >> and people tend to think how religious is the united states. statistics show that it is, but people just were overwhelmingly excited and turning out to see the pope and having that opportunity. but it is a once-in-a-lifetime thing so for many. >> when he visited the capitol i was down there and people...
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we start with you erin, it stopped snowing for a little while at least right? >> reporter: it looks like it has stopped, yes, however, the governor of kansas, sam brownback did declare a state of emergency here because we have seen a lot of snow pile up in the last four hours or so. we've got somewhere between 6 to 8 inches. if you can check out over here a little bit, obviously you can't see the road but also we've seen snowplows go by all morning long eight to ten times making a median, big eepz of snow theheae middle, a huge mess. carol one of the interesting things about this snowstorm is that it's thunder snow, we have some video from earlier this morning of lightning and thunder with that snow. we'll play that here for a second. i guess you can see it. and because of this snow, so much of the state is shut down today, most of the universities are closed, lots of public schools, the government, for the most part, is shut down so we want to see people stay off the roads today and stay home and play, carol. >> that is so strange to listen to it thundering wh
we start with you erin, it stopped snowing for a little while at least right? >> reporter: it looks like it has stopped, yes, however, the governor of kansas, sam brownback did declare a state of emergency here because we have seen a lot of snow pile up in the last four hours or so. we've got somewhere between 6 to 8 inches. if you can check out over here a little bit, obviously you can't see the road but also we've seen snowplows go by all morning long eight to ten times making a median,...
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eastern on erin burnett. >>> now something really special. don lemon is in the house to tell us what he has coming up this evening. >> how do you follow ted nugent? >> i don't know, that's your problem now. >> we're going to talk about another hot discussion. john mccain versus hagel in the senate confirmation hearings this week. i'm sure you saw that. some say senator john mccain was rude and defense nominee chuck hagel seemed unprepared. watch. >> senator, i stand by him -- >> were you correct in your assessment? >> well, i would defer to the judgment of history to thwart that out. >> i think the committee deserves your judgment as to whether you were right or wrong about the surge? >> i'll explain why i made those comments. >> i want to know if you're right or wrong, that's a direct question i expect a direct answer. >> we're going to talk about that in our political topic. did senator hagel deserve the harsh reception. and was he woefully unprepared? we'll talk about it. day six of the hostage situation in alabama. a 5-year-old held in an
eastern on erin burnett. >>> now something really special. don lemon is in the house to tell us what he has coming up this evening. >> how do you follow ted nugent? >> i don't know, that's your problem now. >> we're going to talk about another hot discussion. john mccain versus hagel in the senate confirmation hearings this week. i'm sure you saw that. some say senator john mccain was rude and defense nominee chuck hagel seemed unprepared. watch. >> senator, i...
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erin pike with us from washington. does mark sanford believe south carolinians are ready to forgive him? >> reporter: he acknowledges he made a serious mistake but is using the commercial to turn the pa page by asking voters for a second chance. he's reminding them he's known for being fiscally conservative. he's trying to shift the focus of the race to that record. his consultant told cnn because he's such a fighter, he's going to work to get either vote he can. because sanford is the most well-known candidate in the race, his campaign says anything sanford does will suck up all the oxygen in that race. his political team expects that voters will either vote for sanford or against him but not in favor of anyone else. sanford is running well ahead of them and almost certainly will make the runoff that's two weeks later. >> well, nice to see what happened to sanford has not undermined the ego of his political team. but he is going to be running against somebody who is more high-profile and that is the sister of comedian
erin pike with us from washington. does mark sanford believe south carolinians are ready to forgive him? >> reporter: he acknowledges he made a serious mistake but is using the commercial to turn the pa page by asking voters for a second chance. he's reminding them he's known for being fiscally conservative. he's trying to shift the focus of the race to that record. his consultant told cnn because he's such a fighter, he's going to work to get either vote he can. because sanford is the...
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he's -- erin burnett show did a segment with him. it shows the divide in this country, not only on that issue -- >> why can't we have ---invite reasonable people in? i have randy barnett, an expert on guns. he's a smart, reasonable guy who could further the conversation. ted nugent cannot further the conversation. he's an idiot. >> we are focusing on ted nugent. >> the question isn't why is ted nugent speaking to the press? the legitimate question is why is the press asking ted nugent questions? >> great. >> i want to say, too. i want to say, carol, that when you talk about branding the republican party, i don't think he's been invited here to brand the republican party. i think he's been invited here as a guest of the congressman, but that doesn't mean he represents the republican party. >> you don't get to choose your brand. >> we have to wrap this up. >> stockman wants attention, nugent wants attention. >> i have to wrap it up. thank you so much. we want to hear from you, too. our facebook friends, the question should ted nugent a
he's -- erin burnett show did a segment with him. it shows the divide in this country, not only on that issue -- >> why can't we have ---invite reasonable people in? i have randy barnett, an expert on guns. he's a smart, reasonable guy who could further the conversation. ted nugent cannot further the conversation. he's an idiot. >> we are focusing on ted nugent. >> the question isn't why is ted nugent speaking to the press? the legitimate question is why is the press asking...